E came by yesterday for a visit and brought a big jug of fresh, raw goat's milk. I have never had fresh, raw goat's milk and it was sweet and delicious! I think I tried it off and on all day, a little glass here, another glass later, in a latte, and this morning on my oatmeal.
I had thought it would be tart but it wasn't at all. It is ultra white and just because I didn't know this, here are the benefits of drinking raw goats milk:
According to the Journal of American Medicine, "Goats milk is the most complete food known". It contains vitamin, minerals, electrolytes, trace element, enzymes, protein and fatty acids that are utilized by your body with ease. In fact, your body can digest goat's milk in just 20 minutes. It takes 2-3 hours to digest cow's milk.
Goat's milk is less allergic. Easier digestion allows the lactose to pass through the intestines more rapidly, not giving it time to ferment. Most lactose intolerant people have found that they can tolerate goat's milk and goat's milk products.
There is more but I just shared a little. I wish we could have this every day!
E. has been volunteering at a goat farm where they raise goats for their milk, they make products out of some of this too. The lady shows her goats and must do very well as the goats she sells are pretty pricey. They are Dwarf Nigerian goats and E. says they are quite cute and small. She has learned to hand milk but also how to set them up with a mechanical milker. They milk the goats two to three times a day depending on the goat and her production. The down side has been that the couple are overworking their volunteers which is E. and one other girl. They provide room and board for them but expect them to work a 10 hour day which is a lot of work. She has decided that she is going to find another farm with goats and leave this place. It's to bad the couple don't understand that maybe they need more hands to help with their large herd of goats.
E. joined up with a WWOOF - World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms to find a farm to work on. I think she will try to find places that others have given reviews on as the place she is at didn't have any. It was close by for her to pop in and see us, but I think it makes the volunteers to be treated like indentured servants. Hello...we are not living in the past people!
We shall see where she decides to go next....in the meantime I am going to enjoy this milk while we have it. E. thinks we should get goats so we can have our own fresh milk but something tells me this would be a lot for us to take on even if we do have the land. We are thinking of expanding the chickens and maybe selling fresh eggs. Looks like the hens are going to get a roomier coop and pen with a remodel by my Love! Hahahaha! Hard to get regular work but what the heck...remodel the hen house.
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Goat's milk used to be substituted for breast milk. I wonder if it still is. The main reason I would want my own goats is to make goat cheese. A real fresh goats milk cheese.
It seems like my life is sort of subsumed by chickens these days. I am not sure why.
I took a class a few months ago in Altadena that included the making of goat's cheese. We did a milk tasting -- a blind one -- of cows and goats, etc. I was so surprised by how good the goat's milk was as I thought it would be grassy and even smelly! I'm so not a country girl -- but I do LOVE goat cheese.
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